Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Morning

Reading today’s selections I think the thing that stuck with me the most was the use of morning in “To His Coy Mistress” and “Morning”. It brought to my mind the piece had been discussing in class about the man who lets the painters in while he is writing. Not only did they all have similar feels in a way it reminded me how often time of day is used in poetry, and how powerful it can be. I mean when people talk about the dew on grass or the sweet clean smell outside first thing in the morning it is something we can all inherently see and feel it is something it is something so human. Poetry more than any other form of writing is about evoking emotion and that is what both those writers do when they talk about the morning.

1 comment:

Erinn said...

I love this statement you make: "Poetry more than any other form of writing is about evoking emotion..." This is an idea I really want us to discuss as a class - remind me to bring up this topic when you all bring in your favorite poems!